The Year Ahead -- In Space -- For Our Friends Across The Pond, At ESA...

As NASA sets its course, to bring the Crew 11 home early from the ISS -- for a medical reason, and likely moves up the launch date for Crew 12 to the ISS to very early February. . . we look in on the esa.int year ahead. It will feature the arrival of BepiColombo at Mercury, and likely stunning new images of that planet's molten surfaces, as well as an inspection by HERA, of the pock mark NASA's DART created when it slammed into Dimorphos last year.

I am certain there will be more -- but this is what real space science should look like -- including Earth climate monitoring from space (i.e., tamper-proof):

. . .As a new year begins, let’s take a look at what’s ahead for the European Space Agency in 2026. From Earth to the farthest reaches of the Solar System, 2026 marks a year of firsts that continue to shape the future of space [with a ~six minute video, on YouTube, below]. . . .

And perhaps fittingly, we will go see Avatar 3: Fire and Ash tonight. Grin. नमस्ते